The Horror Thread - Part 1

[Resistance61513]

What is the scariest movie in your guys' opinion? Like, the BEST horror film you've seen to date?

Mine is The Strangers.

I've been trying to find some REALLY good horror films but am not having any luck. Everything is just kind of garbage. :/ That, or everyone rehashes the same damn movies in their list.

The Exorcist...The Shining...etc etc.

 

[Rocketman]

What is the scariest movie in your guys' opinion? Like, the BEST horror film you've seen to date?

Mine is The Strangers.

I've been trying to find some REALLY good horror films but am not having any luck. Everything is just kind of garbage. :/ That, or everyone rehashes the same damn movies in their list.

The Exorcist...The Shining...etc etc.

Frozen really freaked me out, because it was so damn real. I mean, it really bothered me, and I'm rarely freaked out. It's just disturbing and heartbreaking, and it really put me in their shoes.

^ I'm kind of weird about what I consider "truly" scary. It's all in the mind. Frozen probably wasn't scary to anyone else here, but letting my mind getting sucked into the experience really terrified me. That's the key right there: your imagination has to do some work.

I've noticed that most people who hate Horror movies or laugh at them and claim they're ridiculous and not scary, are usually the same people who aren't imaginative, have no open mind, and just don't like "participating" in the cinema experience. Horror is the most interactive genre in my opinion. If you're not putting forth any effort, the effect is lost. You almost have to be a creative person and more of a right-brain individual who is passionate about wonder.

I know this sounds stupid, but that's my experience with people. "Logic" and "Science" and "Math" are concepts that have no place with these movies. If you think you're a genius and just know that demons don't exist, Paranormal Activity will do nothing for you. The Exorcist will do nothing for you. You've chosen not to participate.

If we're going by everything I just said, The Mothman Prophecies had the same effect on me. I mean, I had chills going up my arms in the theater. It still disturbs the hell out of me.

Eyes Wide Shut is another one that is extremely atmospheric and creepy. It really gets under my skin every time I watch it, and it's not even a Horror movie. The tone of the film just really sucks me in and disturbs me. It's dark, dark stuff.

 

[Thundarr]

Man, even in a wrestling film politics gets in the way.

LOL, I thought the same thing when I watched the movie with the commentary.

The producers had arranged to film the movie in an abandoned hospital. They got all the necessary permits, paid all the necessary fees to the city, etc. Then the day before the shooting was to start the city welched on their agreement, giving the producers two contradictory BS stories as to why they couldn't film at the hospital. First they said it was because the place was condemned and it was too dangerous for them to shoot there. Then they said that the local police needed the building for training exercises for their SWAT officers. So it's too dangerous for a movie crew to shoot there, but not for a SWAT team to train there? I call BS on that! And that's why the movie takes place in a ghost town rather than an abandoned psychiatric hospital like it was orriginally written in the script (which I feel hurts the movie, as the asylum makes more sense and would be much creepier).

 

[Thundarr]

I watched it yesterday, but I'm posting it now. I actually never saw the remake of F13 until yesterday, but I had watched so many clips and stuff that I knew probably more half of it, so I was able to form somewhat of an opinion. After seeing it in it's entirety, I liked it slightly more than I thought I would.

I loved the hunter vibe they gave Jason.
The tunnel system, while I knew about it before seeing the film, is brilliant.
The score is great, I really like Steve Jablonsky, except for his TCM 03 score which was nothing special except for like a couple songs.
I really enjoyed the plotline with Clay finding his sister. The "trio" of Clay, his sister, and the woman who helps him were likable.
The *****ebag was the king of all *****ebags, so I guess that's a good thing for them.
Lots of sex which is a hallmark for this franchise so it worked.
The kills were pretty good, the series has had better but the movie had serviceable deaths. Loved the arrow through the eye with the cop, the *****ebag's death, and the axe through the back. Again, the others were good, but nothing we haven't seen before.
Great cinematography, Marcus is a great director, TCM 03 proved this as well.
I liked the combination of F13 1-3 in one film. It did a good job at respecting the old with making some new; which the remake of NoES pretty much missed completely.

So yeah, I'd give it a 7.5/10. It was a pretty enjoyable F13, better than most of the F13 films IMO. Thundarr, I know you will disagree. lol

I don't disagree with EVERYTHING you wrote. It's just to me the negatives far outweighed the positives. I DID like Derrik Mears' portrayal of Jason, and how they brought back the human "hunter hillbilly Jason" of Parts 2 through 4. And I'm never one to put down the gratuitous sex & nudity of these films. In fact I'm of the mind set of "More = Better" when it comes to sex & nudity.

Unfortunately, I found most of the characters either totally unlikeable (the sheriff, the *****ebag, the hillbilly neighbor), or worse, boring (pretty much everyone else). Even Clay and his sister seemed very one dimensional and dull. The kills were nothing special, and there didn't seem to be even an attempt to build any tension or suspense. It was like being given the punchlines to a series of jokes, but not the set up to them.

I'm sorry, but I just can't be bought by pretty cinematography. I need a little more from my horror films, and Friday The 13th 2009 fails to deliver in nearly every way.

 

[Farren]

What is the scariest movie in your guys' opinion? Like, the BEST horror film you've seen to date?

Mine is The Strangers.

I've been trying to find some REALLY good horror films but am not having any luck. Everything is just kind of garbage. :/ That, or everyone rehashes the same damn movies in their list.

The Exorcist...The Shining...etc etc.

I thought Rec (the original Spanish version, I can't speak for the remake) was scary. It was a lot of traditional jump scare stuff, but it was well done imo, so it worked for me.

I agree with Rocketman about Mothman Prophecies -- that one creeped me out too.

 

[redhawk23]

What is the scariest movie in your guys' opinion? Like, the BEST horror film you've seen to date?

Mine is The Strangers.

I've been trying to find some REALLY good horror films but am not having any luck. Everything is just kind of garbage. :/ That, or everyone rehashes the same damn movies in their list.

The Exorcist...The Shining...etc etc.

Maybe because those are legitimately great films regardless of genre.

 

[redhawk23]

You guys should check out "Resolution" on Netflix.

It is about a guy who chains up his drug addict best friend in a cabin in order to force him to dry out, but there are some strange goings on in the area. I don't know if I would quit classify the film as horror but it is ultimately quite unsettling.

The movie is very creative, but I will not spoil in what ways as it is ultimately the whole point of the movie.

That said the acting is pretty great in this movie. At first the addict friend can be a bit grating but he's pretty much supposed to be early on. The performance is ultimately very believable . There is great chemistry and interplay between the two actors and all of the dialogue feels really natural . While not entirely obvious at first there really is a pretty solid emotional through line as the film goes on.

 

[BH/HHH]

What is the scariest movie in your guys' opinion? Like, the BEST horror film you've seen to date?

Mine is The Strangers.

I've been trying to find some REALLY good horror films but am not having any luck. Everything is just kind of garbage. :/ That, or everyone rehashes the same damn movies in their list.

The Exorcist...The Shining...etc etc.

See my problem is horror films don't tend to scare me. As a child I think I was 4 when I saw Hellraiser that scared me and so did A Nightmare on Elm Street right up until the last moment where he pulled the body through the door. Even as a kid I knew that was ridiculously bad looking and it took me right out of it so I slept fine that night. When I revisited Hellraiser as a teenager I found it funny as hell tbh, me and my mate have a weird sense of humour. So I'd have to agree with you on the Strangers as when I watched that it did creep me out. But like I say no horror film really scares me or ever did bar Hellraiser when I was too young to be watching it lol

 

[Thundarr]

What is the scariest movie in your guys' opinion? Like, the BEST horror film you've seen to date?

Mine is The Strangers.

I've been trying to find some REALLY good horror films but am not having any luck. Everything is just kind of garbage. :/ That, or everyone rehashes the same damn movies in their list.

The Exorcist...The Shining...etc etc.

For me it's John Carpenter's Halloween. There's just something about a psycho walking about, killing random people at random that just creeps me out. Probably because there are so many actual people like that (Clifford Olson, Willy Picton, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gasey, Ed Gein, etc).

I also find haunted house movies incredibly scary, mostly because the house I grew up in was haunted. To me, no haunted house movie has been able to beat Poltergeist for pure fright value.

To me, zombie, vampire, werewolf, and monster movies are more action movies than horror. That being said, An American Werewolf In London is a really well made werewolf movie, and Night Of The Living Dead is just a classic.

 

[BH/HHH]

Halloween is the one I consider the greatest horror film of all-time, nothing comes close to it in my opinion. However, I can't say it ever scared me but as I said I don't scare easily. But for atnosphere, music and adrenaline its amazing, the final confrontation still gets my heart pumping with a weird kind of excitement.

 

[Piper Maru]

For me, there is a definite sense of impending doom in JC's Halloween.

 

[chamber-music]

did this influence 'You're Next?' same mask.

I've not seen You're Next so I don't know.

Robert Downey Junior brought the rights to one episode of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror which he plans to turn into a film.

Charlie Brooker's Big Brother Zombie mash up Dead Set from a few years ago was fun as well.

 

[culver3vlr22]

Halloween is the one I consider the greatest horror film of all-time, nothing comes close to it in my opinion. However, I can't say it ever scared me but as I said I don't scare easily. But for atnosphere, music and adrenaline its amazing, the final confrontation still gets my heart pumping with a weird kind of excitement.

Watched it last night. It truly is the greatest horror movie ever ! It's not even close it really is the Michael jordan of horror movies.

 

[GremlinZilla89]

I do really enjoy and respect Halloween, but I've always found it a mite overrated. For me, the characters of Annie and Lynda are annoying as HELL and their dialogue is asinine and horribly delivered. Now, most slashers have some bad acting and dialogue, but these two are worse than most imo and when they are on screen I just get pissy and want them to die. I know talking negative about this film is like high treason, but hey what can you do? I also think the film spins its wheels a little during the second act. It stops being suspenseful and starts being tedious. Even so, it is a well crafted slasher above most of it's kind. Curtis and Pleasance are great, it has a wonderful atmosphere, Myers is truly frightening and the score is legendary. It just has a few flaw that I can't quite get past to consider it a flawless masterpiece like most horror fans do.

I personally enjoy The Fog, The Thing, and In the Mouth of Madness more. Carpenter is just the most consistent genre director of all time imo. Assault On Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, Escape From New York, The Thing, Christine (awesome and underrated), Starman, Big Trouble In Little China, Prince of Darkness (also underrated), They Live, In the Mouth of Madness, Vampires, hell I even dig Escape From LA.

 

[culver3vlr22]

Ghost of Mars we can forget about lol

 

[StarLord]

Halloween is the one I consider the greatest horror film of all-time, nothing comes close to it in my opinion. However, I can't say it ever scared me but as I said I don't scare easily. But for atnosphere, music and adrenaline its amazing, the final confrontation still gets my heart pumping with a weird kind of excitement.

I completely agree. I first saw Halloween when I was about 9 (19 years ago) and I had to keep my bedroom light on for well over a year when I went to sleep.

It's my favourite horror movie and in my top 5 movies of all time.

 

[Donnie Darko]

The Descent about sent me into a panic attack. Not because of the creatures or whatever, but I remember one part in particular, where there is this small, angular gap they are crawling through, and one of the women gets stuck. Just thinking about that now is freaking me out. The idea of just being stuck like that terrifies me.

 

[Teelie]

Claustrophobic? I guess if you weren't before you are now.

 

[CashforStash]

The Thing 1982 probably has one of my favorite horror death scenes, also to add it's probably my second favorite horror film next to NOES 1 (I don't consider Jaws a "horror" film)

Man, when Palmer ate Windows. Probably one of the coolest cinematic deaths ever. Imagine your friends head splitting in half and then mauling your head to chunks

I want to go as Palmer thing for Halloween. Thoughts?

 

[GoblinScrier]

Picked up Blu-Ray copy of Halloween: 35th anniversary...LOVE the documentary, the "Night SHE Came Home." I was fortunate to be at the Horrorhound Weekend Convention when Jamie Lee Curtis made her 1 appearance and I was blessed enough to meet her, get 2 items autographed, and get a professional pic with her. The documentary features a video journal of sorts as she goes through her 3 days with the convention. There is a great close up of me with my cousin in the panel

 

[GremlinZilla89]

The Thing 1982 probably has one of my favorite horror death scenes, also to add it's probably my second favorite horror film next to NOES 1 (I don't consider Jaws a "horror" film)

JAWS is a horror film. I don't know why there is this sudden trend in not calling it a horror film. It's about a giant shark that eats people. It is considered one of the scariest movies ever made. It's a horror movie. There is a reason it has been labeled as such for almost 40 years.

It reminds me of people calling Silence of the Lambs a "psychological thriller" because they are afraid to call it a horror movie like it's a bad word or that a movie as good as Lambs can't be called horror. It's about a killer who skins women and wears their flesh and another killer who is a cannibal asked to help find him. It's a damn horror movie. If a movies PRIME motivation is to SCARE you than it is a HORROR movie.

Horror, like any other genre, can include other elements like action, sci-fi, comedy etc but that doesn't make them NOT horror.

 

[Piper Maru]

The Descent about sent me into a panic attack. Not because of the creatures or whatever, but I remember one part in particular, where there is this small, angular gap they are crawling through, and one of the women gets stuck. Just thinking about that now is freaking me out. The idea of just being stuck like that terrifies me.

Same with me. No matter how many times I've watched the movie, that scene always gets me.

Oh and that Palmer thing is awesome! lol.

 

[GremlinZilla89]

Here's a whopper for you guys that'll probably get me flamed to high heaven.

For fans of the Friday films:

I love Friday the 13th: A New Beginning and think The Final Chapter is highly overrated.

*dodges machetes*

 

[Teelie]

JAWS is a horror film. I don't know why there is this sudden trend in not calling it a horror film. It's about a giant shark that eats people. It is considered one of the scariest movies ever made. It's a horror movie. There is a reason it has been labeled as such for almost 40 years.

It takes place in the ocean and is realistic (if greatly exaggerated) so people dismiss it as not horror even though they can turn around and say something (a bear, mountain lion, sasquatch if you believe) killing people in the woods is horror in the same breath.

 

[Piper Maru]

It takes place in the ocean and is realistic (if greatly exaggerated) so people dismiss it as not horror even though they can turn around and say something (a bear, mountain lion, sasquatch if you believe) killing people in the woods is horror in the same breath.

What if Jaws was a Disney Movie?
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